Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '16 at 17:24
Run Duration	361 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T-$165 5,709 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	57.7% Above average	Memory 86.5 1-Core 47.1 2-Core 93 50% 75.5 Pts	4-Core 160 8-Core 225 24% 192 Pts	64-Core 224 14% 224 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% MSI(1462 3030) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Lighting 36.7 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 47.3 30% 39.5 fps	MRender 30.6 Gravity 33.9 Splatting 40.6 29% 35 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 238GB 1,346 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 881 Write 413 Mixed 558 136% 617 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 6.74 73% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.7 DQ Write 65.3 DQ Mixed 6.41 16% 32.4 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 102%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 233GB free Firmware: 01.0 Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 97.6 Mixed 95.7 74% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.18 84% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 85%
Samsung HD160JJ/P 160GB-$40 2,028 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 27GB free Firmware: ZM10 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 55.7 Write 57.5 Mixed 55.9 42% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.34 94% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 34%
WD My Passport 500GB 3,424 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 445GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 103 Write 106 Mixed 78.8 122% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.22 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 37%
Memorex Travel Drive CL 8GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 064d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	4.34% Terrible	Read 17.1 Write 3.68 Mixed 9.45 11% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.44 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.007 17% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.34% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-558.A00LF 2x8GB 774 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.1% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 12.7 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 9.4 21% 7.47 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 60%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	864x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	209x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	110x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	83x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	81x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	62x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	61x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	84x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	45x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	28x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16